Faculty Directory

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Sharon Beckford, PhD
1005 Clemens Hall
Phone: 716-645-2082
sbeckfor@buffalo.edu
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor
Department of Africana and American Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
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1005 Clemens Hall
Phone: 716-645-2082
sbeckfor@buffalo.edu
Craig Centrie, PhD
1006 Clemens Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2002
centrie@buffalo.edu
Adjunct Professor
Department of Africana and American Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
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1006 Clemens Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2002
centrie@buffalo.edu
Cecil Foster, PhD
1007 Clemens Hall
Phone: (716) 645-0786
cecilfos@buffalo.edu
Professor
Department of Africana and American Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
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1007 Clemens Hall
Phone: (716) 645-0786
cecilfos@buffalo.edu
Keith Griffler, PhD
1013 Clemens Hall
Phone: (716) 645-0802
griffler@buffalo.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Associate Professor
Department of Africana and American Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
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1013 Clemens Hall
Phone: (716) 645-0802
griffler@buffalo.edu
Donald A. Grinde, Jr., PhD
dgrinde@buffalo.edu
Professor Emeritus
Department of Africana and American Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
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Y.G. Lulat, PhD
1003 Clemens Hall
Phone: (716) 645-0801
lulat@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Africana and American Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
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1003 Clemens Hall
Phone: (716) 645-0801
lulat@buffalo.edu
Carl Nightingale, PhD
1003 Clemens Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2546
cn6@buffalo.edu
Professor Emeritus
Department of Africana and American Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
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1003 Clemens Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2546
cn6@buffalo.edu
Mopelolade Ogunbowale, PhD
1009 Clemens Hall
Phone: 716-645-2082
mopelola@buffalo.edu
Assistant Professor
Department of Africana and American Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
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1009 Clemens Hall
Phone: 716-645-2082
mopelola@buffalo.edu
James Pappas, MFA
pappas@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor Emeritus
Department of Africana and American Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
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James Ponzo, PhD
1011 Clemens Hall
Phone: 716-645-2082
jeponzo@buffalo.edu
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Africana and American Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
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1011 Clemens Hall
Phone: 716-645-2082
jeponzo@buffalo.edu
Rinaldo Walcott, PhD
1010C Clemens Hall
Phone: 716-645-0805
rinaldow@buffalo.edu
Department Chair
Professor
Department of Africana and American Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
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1010C Clemens Hall
Phone: 716-645-0805
rinaldow@buffalo.edu
Lillian S. Williams, PhD
1031 Clemens Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2082
lsw4@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Africana and American Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
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1031 Clemens Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2082
lsw4@buffalo.edu
Nestor Zarragoitia, MFA
1006 Clemens Hall
Phone: (716) 645-0791
nez@buffalo.edu
Adjunct Professor
Department of Africana and American Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
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1006 Clemens Hall
Phone: (716) 645-0791
nez@buffalo.edu

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